FormationThe 10th century BCE

Formation in the 10th century BCE

Every event in the Terralore archive tagged formation — origins, unifications and the founding of states as each nation's archive records them, narrowed to the 10th century BCE — 4 of them, drawn from 4 nations, running from 1000 BCE to 980 BCE. Each entry keeps the sources it was verified against and links back to the chronicle it came from.

Events
4
Nations
4
Earliest
1000 BCE
Latest
980 BCE
Asia
2
Africa
1
North America
1

Every entry below is the same record, with the same sources, as the one on its nation’s chronicle.

  1. c. 1000 BCENorth America

    Honduras

    Copán settled

    A small farming village on the Copán River grows over centuries into a major Maya centre in what is now western Honduras.

    Era: Copán and the First Peoples

    Sources: Copán · Encyclopaedia Britannica

  2. Pre-colonial eraAsia

    Timor-Leste

    Society of the liurai

    Timor is organized into numerous small kingdoms ruled by hereditary chiefs, the liurai, whose authority rests on kinship, ritual, and the sacred houses central to Timorese culture.

    Era: The Liurai and the Sandalwood Trade

    Sources: East Timor · Encyclopaedia Britannica, Indonesia: A Country Study (Federal Research Division) · Library of Congress

  3. c. 1000–500 BCEAsia

    Uzbekistan

    Sogdiana settled and under Achaemenid rule

    The Zeravshan valley of Sogdiana, centred on Maracanda (Samarkand), is settled and passes under the Achaemenid Persian Empire; Bukhara grows as a Silk Road trade and crafts centre.

    Era: Sogdiana, Bactria and the Silk Road

    Sources: Sogdiana — Central Asia, Silk Road, Persian Empire · Encyclopaedia Britannica, Samarkand — Uzbekistan, Map, History & Facts · Encyclopaedia Britannica

  4. c. 10th century BCEAfrica

    Ethiopia

    Rise of the kingdom of D'mt

    The kingdom of D'mt emerges in the northern highlands, the region's first organised state, blending indigenous and South Arabian cultural elements with its centre near Yeha.

    Era: Cradle of Humankind and the Kingdom of D'mt

    Sources: Kingdom of Aksum · World History Encyclopedia, Ethiopia's Enduring Cultural Heritage · The Metropolitan Museum of Art